bridge

id-noun

bridge (first-person possessive bridgeku, second-person possessive bridgemu, third-person possessive bridgenya)

bridgeku (first-person possessive)
bridgemu (possessive second-person)
bridgenya (possessive third-person)


halma

halma (plural halma-halma, first-person possessive halmaku, second-person possessive halmamu, third-person possessive halmanya)

halma-halma (plural)
halmaku (first-person possessive)
halmamu (possessive second-person)
halmanya (possessive third-person)

From English halma, from Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “leap”).

(board games) halma: a board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.


go

go (first-person possessive goku, second-person possessive gomu, third-person possessive gonya)

goku (first-person possessive)
gomu (possessive second-person)
gonya (possessive third-person)

(board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.


dam

dam (first-person possessive damku, second-person possessive dammu, third-person possessive damnya)

damku (first-person possessive)
dammu (possessive second-person)
damnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch dam (“king (draught/checkers)”), from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.

(games) draught (American), checkers (British).


kuda

kuda (plural kuda-kuda, first-person possessive kudaku, second-person possessive kudamu, third-person possessive kudanya)

kuda-kuda (plural)
kudaku (first-person possessive)
kudamu (possessive second-person)
kudanya (possessive third-person)

From Malay kuda.
* Probably from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).
* Alternatively, from Prakrit 𑀖𑁄𑀟𑀬 (ghoḍaya), from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt-.
The sense of knight (chess) is a semantic loan from Dutch paard (“knight (chess)”, literally “horse”).


catur

id-noun

catur (first-person possessive caturku, second-person possessive caturmu, third-person possessive caturnya)

caturku (first-person possessive)
caturmu (possessive second-person)
caturnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga), related to etymology 1.

synonym: sekak


slot

From English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). The sense of gambling game also comes from English, where it is a clipping of slot machine.

(gambling) Clipping of mesin slot, a game of chance played for money using a coin slot.


pion

→ Malay: pion

From Dutch pion (“pawn”), from French pion, from Old French peon, poon, paon, from Late Latin pedō, pedōnem (“footsoldier”), from Latin pēs, pedem (“foot”). Doublet of piung.


batu

id-noun

batu (plural batu-batu, first-person possessive batuku, second-person possessive batumu, third-person possessive batunya)

batu-batu (plural)
batuku (first-person possessive)
batumu (possessive second-person)
batunya (possessive third-person)

From Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.
* For the sense of battery, compare to dialectal Chinese 電石／电石 (“battery”, literally “electric stone”) and Japanese 電石(エレクトレット) (erekutoretto, “electret”).
* For the sense of gemstone and agate, compare to Baba Malay batu (“gem”, literally “stone”) and Japanese 石(せき) (seki, counter for gemstones).

cog

(board games) a playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games.


sudoku

id-noun

sudoku (first-person possessive sudokuku, second-person possessive sudokumu, third-person possessive sudokunya)

sudokuku (first-person possessive)
sudokumu (possessive second-person)
sudokunya (possessive third-person)


HP

HP (first-person possessive HPku, second-person possessive HPmu, third-person possessive HPnya)

HPku (first-person possessive)
HPmu (possessive second-person)
HPnya (possessive third-person)

(video games, mostly role-playing games) hit points; health points


raja

raja (plural para raja, raja-raja, first-person possessive rajaku, second-person possessive rajamu, third-person possessive rajanya)

para raja (plural)
raja-raja (plural)
rajaku (first-person possessive)
rajamu (possessive second-person)
rajanya (possessive third-person)

From Malay raja, from Classical Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

merajai [agent focus + causative benefactive]

merajakan [agent focus + causative benefactive]

(chess) the principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.

(card games) a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

(xiangqi) general: a xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.


tir

tir (plural tir-tir, first-person possessive tirku, second-person possessive tirmu, third-person possessive tirnya)

tir-tir (plural)
tirku (first-person possessive)
tirmu (possessive second-person)
tirnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay tir; ultimately from Tamil தேர் (tēr).


ster

ster (first-person possessive sterku, second-person possessive stermu, third-person possessive sternya)

sterku (first-person possessive)
stermu (possessive second-person)
sternya (possessive third-person)

Unknown, probably from Dutch sterkst (“strongest”), sterk (“strong”).

(chess, colloquial) queen: the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.


canasta

canasta (plural canasta-canasta, first-person possessive canastaku, second-person possessive canastamu, third-person possessive canastanya)

canasta-canasta (plural)
canastaku (first-person possessive)
canastamu (possessive second-person)
canastanya (possessive third-person)

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish canasta (“canasta; basket, hoop; laundry basket, hamper; basket”), from Latin canistrum (“wicker basket”).


koa

id-noun

koa (first-person possessive koaku, second-person possessive koamu, third-person possessive koanya)

koaku (first-person possessive)
koamu (possessive second-person)
koanya (possessive third-person)


waru

waru (plural waru-waru, first-person possessive waruku, second-person possessive warumu, third-person possessive warunya)

waru-waru (plural)
waruku (first-person possessive)
warumu (possessive second-person)
warunya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦫꦸ (waru), from Old Javanese waru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Doublet of baru.

Talipariti tiliaceum
Talipariti tiliaceum#Translingual

Hibiscus tiliaceus
Hibiscus tiliaceus#Translingual

sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)

(in extension, card games) spade: a playing card marked with the symbol ♠.


hati

hati (plural hati-hati, first-person possessive hatiku, second-person possessive hatimu, third-person possessive hatinya)

hati-hati (plural)
hatiku (first-person possessive)
hatimu (possessive second-person)
hatinya (possessive third-person)

From Malay hati, from Proto-Malayic *hati, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatay, from Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.


menteri

mêntêri (plural para menteri, menteri-menteri, first-person possessive menteriku, second-person possessive menterimu, third-person possessive menterinya)

mêntêri (canonical)
para menteri (plural)
menteri-menteri (plural)
menteriku (first-person possessive)
menterimu (possessive second-person)
menterinya (possessive third-person)

From Malay menteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, manti, and mantri.

(chess) queen: the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

(chess) bishop: the chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.


ratu

ratu (plural para ratu, ratu-ratu, first-person possessive ratuku, second-person possessive ratumu, third-person possessive ratunya)

para ratu (plural)
ratu-ratu (plural)
ratuku (first-person possessive)
ratumu (possessive second-person)
ratunya (possessive third-person)

From Malay ratu, from Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of datu and datuk.
* Semantic loan from Javanese ratu (ꦫꦠꦸ).
* For sense of the most powerful piece in chess, semantic loan from Dutch koningin.
* For sense of powerful or forceful female, semantic loan from English queen.

(chess) the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.


kasino

kasino (first-person possessive kasinoku, second-person possessive kasinomu, third-person possessive kasinonya)

kasinoku (first-person possessive)
kasinomu (possessive second-person)
kasinonya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch casino, from Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).

casino:
a public building or room for gambling.


loper

From Dutch loper, from Middle Dutch lopere.


dingdong

dingdong (first-person possessive dingdongku, second-person possessive dingdongmu, third-person possessive dingdongnya)

dingdongku (first-person possessive)
dingdongmu (possessive second-person)
dingdongnya (possessive third-person)

(video games) an establishment that runs coin-operated games.


berlian

bêrlian (plural berlian-berlian, first-person possessive berlianku, second-person possessive berlianmu, third-person possessive berliannya)

bêrlian (canonical)
berlian-berlian (plural)
berlianku (first-person possessive)
berlianmu (possessive second-person)
berliannya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch briljant, from French brillant, from Medieval Latin as if *berilare (“to sparkle like a beryl or other precious stone”), from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”). Doublet of brilian.

der

(in extension, card games) diamond: a card of the diamonds suit.

diamond:
diamond: a card of the diamonds suit.


gajah

id-noun

gajah (first-person possessive gajahku, second-person possessive gajahmu, third-person possessive gajahnya)

gajahku (first-person possessive)
gajahmu (possessive second-person)
gajahnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay gajah, from Classical Malay gajah (“elephant”), from Sanskrit गज (gaja).


biliar

biliar (first-person possessive biliarku, second-person possessive biliarmu, third-person possessive biliarnya)

biliarku (first-person possessive)
biliarmu (possessive second-person)
biliarnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch biljart, from French billard.

(games) billiards: a two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.


klaver

klaver (first-person possessive klaverku, second-person possessive klavermu, third-person possessive klavernya)

klaverku (first-person possessive)
klavermu (possessive second-person)
klavernya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch klaver, from Middle Dutch clavere.

(card games) clubs, one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.


lotre

Borrowed from Dutch loterij, from French loterie, from lot + -erie.

a scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.

(figuratively) something decided by chance.


rokade

rokadê (first-person possessive rokadeku, second-person possessive rokademu, third-person possessive rokadenya)

rokadê (canonical)
rokadeku (first-person possessive)
rokademu (possessive second-person)
rokadenya (possessive third-person)


emat

From Dutch mat (“check”), from Middle Dutch mat (“checkmate”), borrowed from Old French mat, borrowed from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”). Doublet of sekakmat.

der

(chess) Word called out when an opponent's king or queen is threatened with voidable capture; mate.


balak

id-noun

balak (plural balak-balak, first-person possessive balakku, second-person possessive balakmu, third-person possessive balaknya)

balak-balak (plural)
balakku (first-person possessive)
balakmu (possessive second-person)
balaknya (possessive third-person)

From Malay balak, from Dutch balk. Doublet of balok.

(dominoes) double tiles, doublet tiles: a tile that has the same pips-value on each end.


ceki

cêki (first-person possessive cekiku, second-person possessive cekimu, third-person possessive cekinya)

cêki (canonical)
cekiku (first-person possessive)
cekimu (possessive second-person)
cekinya (possessive third-person)


dadu

dadu (first-person possessive daduku, second-person possessive dadumu, third-person possessive dadunya)

daduku (first-person possessive)
dadumu (possessive second-person)
dadunya (possessive third-person)

From Malay dadu (“die”), from Portuguese dado (“die”), from Old Galician-Portuguese dado, itself from a Vulgar Latin *dadu, of uncertain origin; possibly from Classical Arabic أَعْدَاد (ʔaʕdād, “numbers”), or from Latin datum.

(gaming) die, a regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.


patih

patih (first-person possessive patihku, second-person possessive patihmu, third-person possessive patihnya)

patihku (first-person possessive)
patihmu (possessive second-person)
patihnya (possessive third-person)

Ultimately from Sanskrit पति (pati, “husband; lord, master; master, owner, possessor, lord, ruler, sovereign”).
* From Malay patih, from Classical Malay patih.
* From Javanese patih (ꦥꦠꦶꦃ), from Old Javanese patih, pati (as also in adipati, bupati, etc.).


arkade

id-noun

arkade (first-person possessive arkadeku, second-person possessive arkademu, third-person possessive arkadenya)

arkadeku (first-person possessive)
arkademu (possessive second-person)
arkadenya (possessive third-person)

* From Dutch arcade, from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“arc”).
* Semantic loan from English arcade for other senses than a row of arches.


wajik

wajik (plural wajik-wajik, first-person possessive wajikku, second-person possessive wajikmu, third-person possessive wajiknya)

wajik-wajik (plural)
wajikku (first-person possessive)
wajikmu (possessive second-person)
wajiknya (possessive third-person)

From Malay wajik, from Classical Malay wajik.

wajik: Indonesian and Malaysian diamond-shaped traditional snack.

(expansion, card games) diamond: a card of the diamonds suit.


memukul

From Malay memukul,
from Classical Malay memukul. Equivalent to
meng- + pukul.

g7xh8B artinya bidak g7 memukul buah lawan di h8 dan sekaligus promosi jadi benteng.
g7xh8B means g7 pawn captured piece at h8 and promoted into rook.

(transitive, figurative, chess) to capture pieces


sekak

From Dutch schaak (“chess, check”), from Middle Dutch schaec, from Old French escac or directly from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).

(sports, chess) check, a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.


syah

From Malay syah, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Doublet of cek.

der

(chess, obsolete) the principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.


bidak

id-noun

bidak (plural bidak-bidak, first-person possessive bidakku, second-person possessive bidakmu, third-person possessive bidaknya)

bidak-bidak (plural)
bidakku (first-person possessive)
bidakmu (possessive second-person)
bidaknya (possessive third-person)

From Malay bidak, from Arabic بَيْدَق (baydaq, “pawn in chess”). Doublet of piadah.


benteng

id-noun

bèntèng (plural benteng-benteng, first-person possessive bentengku, second-person possessive bentengmu, third-person possessive bentengnya)

bèntèng (canonical)
benteng-benteng (plural)
bentengku (first-person possessive)
bentengmu (possessive second-person)
bentengnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay benteng, from Classical Malay benteng.
* The sense “bulwark” is a semantic loan from Javanese bètèng.
* The sense in chess is a semantic loan from Dutch kasteel (“rook (dated)”, literally “castle”).


sekop

id-noun

sêkop (first-person possessive sekopku, second-person possessive sekopmu, third-person possessive sekopnya)

sêkop (canonical)
sekopku (first-person possessive)
sekopmu (possessive second-person)
sekopnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch schop (“shovel”), from Middle Dutch schoppe, from Old Dutch *skuppa, from Proto-Germanic *skupjō.

(card games) spade: a playing card marked with the symbol ♠.


bekel

bèkêl (first-person possessive bekelku, second-person possessive bekelmu, third-person possessive bekelnya)

bèkêl (canonical)
bekelku (first-person possessive)
bekelmu (possessive second-person)
bekelnya (possessive third-person)


pembukaan

pembukaan (first-person possessive pembukaanku, second-person possessive pembukaanmu, third-person possessive pembukaannya)

pembukaanku (first-person possessive)
pembukaanmu (possessive second-person)
pembukaannya (possessive third-person)

Affixation of buka + peng- -an.
* For obstetrical sense of cervical dilatation, semantic loan from Dutch ontsluiting.

(chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.

opening,
The first few moves in a game of chess.


prajurit

prajurit (plural prajurit-prajurit, first-person possessive prajuritku, second-person possessive prajuritmu, third-person possessive prajuritnya)

prajurit-prajurit (plural)
prajuritku (first-person possessive)
prajuritmu (possessive second-person)
prajuritnya (possessive third-person)

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦿꦗꦸꦫꦶꦠ꧀ (prajurit, “soldier, troop”), from Old Javanese prajurit (“warrior, soldier”). Reconstructed as para jurit.


tepo

id-noun

tepo (first-person possessive tepoku, second-person possessive tepomu, third-person possessive teponya)

tepoku (first-person possessive)
tepomu (possessive second-person)
teponya (possessive third-person)

From Hokkien 賭博／赌博 (tó͘-phok, “to gamble”).


permainan video

video game (a type of game, existing as and controlled by software)


rungkad

From Sundanese rungkad and Javanese ꦫꦸꦁꦏꦢ꧀ (rungkad).

(gambling) to lose, to lose in a big amount


bakarat

bakarat (first-person possessive bakaratku, second-person possessive bakaratmu, third-person possessive bakaratnya)

bakaratku (first-person possessive)
bakaratmu (possessive second-person)
bakaratnya (possessive third-person)

(card games) baccarat: a card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.


piadah

piadah (plural piadah-piadah, first-person possessive piadahku, second-person possessive piadahmu, third-person possessive piadahnya)

piadah-piadah (plural)
piadahku (first-person possessive)
piadahmu (possessive second-person)
piadahnya (possessive third-person)

From Malay piadah, from Persian پیاده (piyâde, “pawn (chess)”), from Middle Persian pdʾtk' (payādag). Doublet of bidak.


gacor

Perhaps a blend of gampang (“easy”) + bocor (“to leake”).

blend

(gambling) easy to win, referring to slot machines


keriting

id-noun

kêriting (first-person possessive keritingku, second-person possessive keritingmu, third-person possessive keritingnya)

kêriting (canonical)
keritingku (first-person possessive)
keritingmu (possessive second-person)
keritingnya (possessive third-person)

(card games) clubs: a playing card marked with the symbol ♣.


judol

(gambling) Abbreviation of judi online (“online gambling”)